Not surprisingly, President Bush has thus far failed to mention the environment in discussions about his second-term agenda. But even though the White House will be focusing primarily on foreign policy and domestic economic issues, some environmentalists are optimistic that the administration will work to leave an environmental legacy to be proud of during its second term.
The Age of the Steel Home: Besides its strength & resistance to weather & fire, steel is ultimately recyclable; two-thirds of it comes from recycled stock.
Many environmentalists complain that Yucca Mountain, 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas, is dangerously unsuitable for nuclear waste storage.
Just as parents try to provide the best nutritional health for their kids, pet owners are turning to dietary supplements to meet the long-term health needs of their animals.
With Halloween season just past, it’s a good time to talk about scary stuff. We’re not talking about <I>Saw</I> or <I>The Grudge</I>, here, but the kind of scare-mongering that our elected officials choose to do. You know, the "yellow alert" kind of scary.
The Working Group on Climate Change and Development, a coalition of environmental and relief aid organizations, released a report last week stating that the onset of global warming threatens to undermine progress made in recent decades on lifting residents of many developing nations out of poverty.
Researchers from the GSF-National Research Centre for Environment and Health in Neuherberg, Germany released some disturbing findings last week: The amount of time commuters spend in traffic could actually increase their risk of heart attack.
Developed in the 1970s by the U.S. military, weapons containing depleted uranium (DU) were originally used during the first Gulf War, and have played a key role more recently in Iraq, Afghanistan and Bosnia.
Today just about all Americans have access to clean, safe and healthy tap water. Indeed, in many cases tap water may be safer to drink than some bottled water brands, which may not be subject to testing and might originate from sources near industrial facilities, despite the beautiful nature scenes found on many bottled water labels. Furthermore, about 40 percent of bottled water starts out as—you guessed it—tap water.
When lifelong environmentalists Kim Wells and Bob Scheulen set out to renovate their kitchen in Seattle, they wanted to be both “green and sensible”…
